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1. Bibha Chowdhuri was born in ________. 1 Mark
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Answer: 1913

Reason: The biography gives this year.

2. She studied cosmic rays at the University of ________. 1 Mark
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Answer: Manchester

Reason: She went there in 1945.

3. Her guide was Nobel Laureate ________. 1 Mark
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Answer: Patrick M. S. Blackett

Reason: He supervised her work.

4. She was nominated for a Nobel Prize in ________. 1 Mark
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Answer: 1950

Reason: Erwin Schrödinger nominated her.

5. She became TIFR’s first woman ________. 1 Mark
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Answer: faculty member

Reason: The appointment came after her return to India.

6. A star was named ________ in her honour. 1 Mark
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Answer: Bibha

Reason: IAU renamed HD 86081.

7. The star honour came in ________. 1 Mark
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Answer: 2019

Reason: The biography gives this year.

8. The chapter calls her a ________ or ‘beam of light’. 1 Mark
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Answer: beacon

Reason: It is the final guiding metaphor.

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